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:"Dead as a doornail" is just a common phrase. Dickens was not the first to use it (found a reference to Shakespeare). Nice theory though. You could put it in stuff if you want. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 07:53, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
:"Dead as a doornail" is just a common phrase. Dickens was not the first to use it (found a reference to Shakespeare). Nice theory though. You could put it in stuff if you want. {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 07:53, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
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::But please don't. I can accurately predict how the votes would go, and in the meantime it would just be taking up space. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:44, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)

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No ways, man. Strong Bad does not say "so." And he says "tear," not "take." --VolatileChemical 07:02, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Agree on "So". Not on "tear", which doesn't even make sense in context. --Jay (Gobble) 07:22, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
He definitely says "ter'," but I think it's that he's interrupted as he's saying something like "...to terrorize the neighborhood," or something similar. — It's dot com 01:36, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Could "Dead as a doornail!" be a reference to the line "Old Marley was dead as a doornail." in A Christmas Carol? That's the first thing that came to my mind.
-Polly 07:41, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)

"Dead as a doornail" is just a common phrase. Dickens was not the first to use it (found a reference to Shakespeare). Nice theory though. You could put it in stuff if you want. Homestar Coderhomestar-coder-sig.gif 07:53, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)
But please don't. I can accurately predict how the votes would go, and in the meantime it would just be taking up space. — It's dot com 15:44, 8 Jul 2005 (UTC)